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Marlboro residents to vote on 2012-13 school tax levy
Polls will be open from noon to 9 p.m. April 17; budget calls for tax decrease BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer The Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education has adopted a budget for the 2012-13 school year that will reduce the school tax rate by 2.5 cents per $100 of assessed valuation if voters…
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More than 100 current and past members of the Hellenic Dancers of New Jersey will perform at a 40th anniversary celebration in Edison on April 29. For more, see page 3. GLEN HUSZAR
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Manalapan grad Jack Perri named men’s hoops coach at LIU
Former Manalapan High School basketball standout Jack Perri has been named the new men’s basketball coach at Long Island University, Brooklyn, N.Y. Perri is a 1993 Manalapan graduate. He served as an assistant coach under Jim Ferry at LIU for five years and was promoted to the top spot when Ferry left LIU following the…
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Marlboro mayor upset that township could lose housing funds
By Jack Murtha MARLBORO — The township could lose more than $13 million in funds set aside for affordable housing initiatives if the money is not committed to projects by this summer. A bill that became state law in 2008 gave New Jersey municipalities four years to spend money that sits in their Council on…
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Registration for the 2012 Sayrewoods South Men’s League will take place at the Old Bridge Parks and Recreation Building on April 19 from 7 to 9 p.m. The registration fee for all new players for the season will be $260. This fee includes 21 games from the end ofMay through the end ofAugust. Teams play…
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Area schools participating in Golf in Schools program
The New Jersey Golf Foundation (NJGF), the charitable arm of the New Jersey PGA Section (NJPGA), announced that 90,000 children (kindergarteneighth grade) at more than 160 schools in New Jersey will participate in the 2012 Golf in Schools program. Golf in Schools is an initiative designed to introduce the game to children by incorporating it…
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Division III Player of the Week
Middlesex County College catcher Morgan Widener, of Monroe, was the national Division III Player of the Week for March 26-April 1 by the National Junior College Athletic Conference. In the six games the team played that week, Widener batted .476, going 10-21. She brought home 11 runs and scored eight of her own. Seven of…
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Eagles off to flying start on the softball diamond
Edison hosting East Brunswick in key GMC game on April 12 BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent With the return of one of the top pitchers in the state, Valerie Cassell, and hard-hitting shortstop Tracey Balinskas, Edison High School softball coach Jennifer Teffenhart realizes her team could become complacent. She needn’t be concerned. The Eagles have had…
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St. Joe’s volleyball team has lofty goals for 2012
BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Miguel Cabrita, coach of the volleyball team at St. Joseph High School of Metuchen, is not in the business of setting goals. He lets his players decide how far to raise the bar in any given season. This year, the Falcons have set their sights on winning the state championship, capturing…
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